Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	24.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Blakeley, Jefferson Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Literacy Status	3
Occupation	carriage driver dining room servant shoemaker
Legal Status	Enslaved Free

Individuals

Lewis Wiggins

Recorded Names

Lewis Wiggins 1

Recorded Ages

24

Associated Individuals

enslaved by Jane C. Washington (emancipator, slaveholder) 1

emancipated by Jane C. Washington (emancipator, slaveholder) 4

Events

birth	Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co., Virginia (primary location)	1 Jan 1824 7	View Event Details	Enslaved
	Jefferson Co., Virginia (primary location)	18 Dec 1848 4	View Event Details	Free
	Blakeley, Jefferson Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1849 1	View Event Details	Free
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin)	24 Feb 1849 to unknown 1 2	View Event Details	Free

Citations

[1] "Liberia Packet, 24 Feb 1849, Baltimore, Maryland", Subject File, 1792-1964, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 314 (https://www.fold3.com/image/46669833 : accessed 15 Mar 2021).
[2] "Liberia Packet, 24 Feb 1849, Baltimore, Maryland", Manumissions and Emigrants, Emigration, Record of Emigrants, Maryland State Colonization Society Papers, Maryland Historical Society; digital image, Maryland State Archives. Microfilm Reel 27 (http://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msa_sc5977/scm013250/html/msa_sc5977_scm13250-0355.html : accessed 30 Mar 2021).
[3] Jane C. Washington (Blakely, Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to William McLain (Washington City, D. C.), letter, 7 Oct 1848; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 57; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30913389: accessed 17 Oct 2022).
[4] Jane C. Washington to Charles Starkes and Lewis Whiggins, Jefferson Co., West Virginia Deed Book 30: 197, signed 18 Dec 1848, recorded 18 Dec 1848.
[5] Jane C. Washington (Blakeley, Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to William McLain (Washington City, D.C.), letter, 3 Jan 1849; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 69; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30917196: accessed 18 Oct 2022).
[6] William McLain (Washington City) to Jane C. Washington (Blakeley, Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia), letter, 5 Jan 1849; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 189; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31440385: accessed 18 Oct 2022).
[7] Jane C. Washington (Blakeley, Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to William McLain (Baltimore, Maryland), letter, 15 Feb 1849; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 58; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30923131: accessed 18 Oct 2022).
[8] William McLain (Washington City) to Jane C. Washington (Blakeley, Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia), letter, 1 Mar 1849; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 189; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31424008: accessed 18 Oct 2022).